In Bourg-Saint-Christophe, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Bourg-Saint-Christophe, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 1,562 residents and 590 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 1.8%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 6.2% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Ain median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Bourg-Saint-Christophe
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bourg-Saint-Christophe had 1,230 residents at the 2012 census and 1,562 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +27% change since 2012: faster than 95% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +14% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourg-Saint-Christophe 39. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (19%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.6 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Bourg-Saint-Christophe has more single-parent households than 74% of compared French towns, at 12%.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.4%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
The figure for empty homes is 5.5% in Bourg-Saint-Christophe and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of homes are second homes, or about one in 59.
At the median, €30,820 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €30,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (22%)
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bourg-Saint-Christophe. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Bourg-Saint-Christophe (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Across Bourg-Saint-Christophe, 2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bourg-Saint-Christophe sits below 90% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The figure for married residents is 45% in Bourg-Saint-Christophe and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.7% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bourg-Saint-Christophe
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of graduates of higher education is 44%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,562 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Bourg-Saint-Christophe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Saint-Christophe | 39 | 14% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| Béligneux 3,535 · 2.4 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 2.7 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Balan 3,077 · 4.1 mi | 28.6 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 4.6 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Dagneux 4,778 · 4.6 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 0.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 5 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Bourg-Saint-Christophe
What is the population of Bourg-Saint-Christophe?
1,562 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (1,230).
How old are Bourg-Saint-Christophe’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg-Saint-Christophe?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg-Saint-Christophe?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg-Saint-Christophe?
€30,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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